Car roof



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nst-res st Patented 1...... 27, 1933 TEES PATENT car es CHARLES DAVID, BoNsALn or rrrrs zunsn, PENNSYLVANIA, AssreNon T 2. H. MURPHY coIvrPANY, or NEW KENSINGTON, rENNsYLvAman CORPORATION or secured thereto by horizontal rivets 6, Each ness of PENNSYLVANIA CAR ROOF,

Applicationfiled August 29, 1932. Serial No. 630,846.

This invention relates principally to metalcar roofs of the rigid, self-sustaining type, and it relates more particularly to the manner of securing such roofs to cars having wooden side plates that have metal reinforcing members secured thereto by means of vertical bolts. The principal objects of the present invention are to better provide'for the support and attachment of the roof at the eaves; to utilize the vertical bolts, which secure the metal reinforcing members to the wooden side plates, asameans for securing the roof thereto; and to provide for simplicity, cheapness of construction, compactdesign and increased strength and rigidity at the eaves. The invention consists in the parts and in combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of thisspecification and wherein like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur, ,7 I h Fig. 1 is a plan View of a portion of a car.

- roof provided with an eaves construction embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical cross-section through the roof at one of the side plates on the line 22 in Fig. 1,. 7 Figs. 3 and 4 are cross-sectional views similar to Fig. 2 on the. lines 33 and 1 4, respectively, in Fig. 1, r

Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section through the roof, the section being taken adjacent to the inner edge of one of the roof 7 supports on the line 5-5 in Fig. 1, Fig. 6 is a similar section, taken through said roof support along the line 6-6 in:

Fig. 1, and

Fig. 7 is an outside edge view of said roof support. I

The. present car roof construction comprises a series of metalllc load sustaining sheets are provided-at their eaves ends withdepending drip flanges 3. The sides of each roof sheet 1 are provided with upstanding flanges 4 that are straddled by'a seam cap 5 the arrangements and 1, which are pitched or arched and span from side plate 2 to side plate 2 and seam cap is preferably provided at the lower edges ofits side walls with base flanges 7 that rest upon the bottom portions of adj acent sheets and are bent downwardly at the ends of said cap to form depending flanges 8 that overhang the adjacent ends of the dependingv eaves flanges 3 of adjacent roof: sheets. The middle portion of each roof sheet is preferably offset upwardly to form a flat topped stiffening rib 9 that extends from side plate to side where it merges into the plane ofthe main body portion of said sheet.

In the type of car shown, each side plate 2 is made of wood and is reinforced and stiffened by means of a metallic angle member 10, which extends longitudinally of the side plate at the bottom thereof and is secured thereto by aseries of carriage bolts 11 that extend vertically through said side plate and the reinforcing angle therefor. In the side plate construction shown, a'wooden strip 12 eX- tends along the. outer face of the side plate flush with the topthereof, side sheathing boards 13 terminate below the top of said strip with their upper ends covered by a suitable metallic flashing member 14:, and a wooden fascia 14a is secured between the outer surface of said sheathing and the dependingeaves flanges 3 of the roof sheets 1.

The above roof is supported on and at-' tached to each side plate 2 by means of a metal roof support A,which rests upon'the top of said side plate, said support being continuous and extending along the whole length of the roof. Each roof support A comprises a horizontal base portion 15, which rests flatwise upon the horizontal top face of the wooden side plate 2 and has an upwardly offset outer side marginal flange 16 that extends outwardly from the side plate at an angle conforming to the pitch of the roof and at a proper elevation for the endv portions of the roof to rest upon. The roof sheets rest upon and are rigidly secured, preferably by rivets 17, to the upwardly oil"- set outer side marginal flange 16 of the roof sheet support A, with'the depending eaves flanges-3 of the roof sheets 1 overhanging theouter edge of saidflange. The horizontal base ormain body portion- 15 of the roof sheet support A is provided with a series of bolt holes 11a that are spaced apart longitudinally of said sheet to conform to the spacing of the vertical bolts 11 that secure the reinforcing angle 10 to the bottomv of the side plate. By this arrangement, the same vertical securing bolts for the side plate reinforcing angle are utilized as a securing means for the roof support. The roof sup port is pressed up intermediate between adjacent bolts to provide additional sheet supporting portions 18 that extend inwardly from the inner edge of the upwardly offset outer marginal sheet supporting flange 16 of the roof support and merge into the horizontally disposed base portion thereof short of its inner edge. The roof support is provided at intervals along its inner edge of its base portion with depending flanges 19 that overhang the inner edge of the side plate and are spaced apart longitudinally of the roof support. Each fiange is located opposite one of the upwardly offset roof sheet supporting portions 18 that extend inwardly from and in the plane of the roof sheet supporting flange at the outer margin of said support. The inner marginal portion of the horizontal base portion of the roofsupport l-S offset upwardly between the ad]acent depending inner side marginal flanges 19 thereof to form additional roof sheet supports 20 opposite the securing bolts 11. These sheet supports 20 are disposed in the plane of the outer side marginal sheet support ng flange 16 and the portions 18 that extend inwardly therefrom and furnish additional supports for the roof sheets along the inner edges of the roof support; and they also serve to prevent the roof sheets from engaging the heads of the bolts 11.

By the arrangement described, the metal roof can be assembled and riveted to the roof A supports A before it is applied to the car,

and the same bolts 11 that secure the reinforcing' angles 10 to the bottoms of side plates 2 may be utilizedto secure said roof supports to the tops of said side plates. The outer .marginal flange 16 of each roof support serves as a continuous support and stiffener for the roof along the eaves; and additional supports are provided for the roof along the inner margin of the roof support and along :the longitudinal middleportion thereof by the upwardly offset portions 18 and 20, re-' spectively. The depending flanges 19 of the inner marginal support prevent movement of the roof transversely of the side plates 60 Therefore, I do not wish to be limited to the precise arrangement shown and described.

l/Vhat I claim is: 1. An eaves construction for v, car roofs comprising a side plate, a metal roof located above said side plate, and a roof support comprising a metal plate extending longitudinally of said side plate and having a base portion resting on and secured fiatwlse to the top of said side plate and. an upwardly extends beyond the outer face of said side plate at an angle corresponding to the slope of the roof and is secured to the underslde of said roof, the inner margin of said base portion being flanged downwardly along the inner face of said side plate.

3. An eaves construction for car roofs comprising a side plate, a metal roof located above said side plate, and a roof support comprising a metal plate extending longitudinally of said side plate and having a base portion resting on and secured flatwise tothe top of said side plate and an upwardly oflset outer side marginal portion that extends beyond the outer face of said side plate and is secured to the underside of said roof, the base portion of said metal plate having portions thereof offset upwardly to provide additional roof supports that extend inwardly from said upwardly offset outer marginal portion.

4. An eaves construction for car roofs comprising a side plate, a metal roof located above said side plate, and a roof support comprising a metal plate extending longitudinally of said side plate and having a base portion resting on and secured to said side plate and an upwardly offset outer side marginal portion secured to the underside of said roof, the base portion of said metal plate having portions thereof offset upwardly to provide additional roof supports that are spaced apart longitudinally of said metal plate and extend inwardly from said upwardly offset outer marginal portion in the plan-e thereof.

5. An eaves construction for car roofs comprising a side plate, a metal roof located above said side plate, and a roof support comprising a metal plate extending longitudinally of said side plate and having a base portion resting on and secured flatwise to the top of said side plate and an upwardly offset outer side marginal portion that extends beyond the outer face of said side plate and is secured to the underside of said'roof,

said metal plate having portions thereof ofi set upwardly at intervals throughout its length to form roof supporting portions along the inner margin-thereof.-

, comprising a side plate, a metal roof'locatedabove said side plate, and .a roof support cominner marginal roof supporting portions,

6. An eaves construction. for car roofs prising "a metal plate-having a base por-. tion resting on and secured flatwise to the top of said side plate andan upwardly'oifset outer side marginal portion secured to theunderside of said roof, said metal plate. having'portions thereof offset upwardly to provide roof supports that extend inwardly from said upwardly offset outer, mar inal flange in the plane of the latter, said metal plate being ofl'set upwardly between said last mentioned supports to .form' roof supports along the inner margin of said plate.

7. An eaves construction for car roofs comprising a side plate, a metal roof located; above said side plate, 1 and a roof support comprising a metal plate having a base portion resting on and secured flatwise to the top of said side plate, an upwardly offset outer side marginal roof supporting portion, upwardly offset longitudinally spaced upwardly offset longitudinally spaced roof supporting portions that extend inwardly from said upwardly offset outer marginal portion opposite the spaces betweenthe lon-. ,gitudinally spaced inner marginal roof supporting portions. 7

8. An eaves construction. for car roofs COlIlPIlSlIlg a side plate, a metal roof located above said side plate, and a roof support com-v prising a metal plate having a baseportion resting on and seoured'flatwise to the top of.

said side plate, an upwardly oflset outer'side marginal roof supporting portion, upwardly offset longitudinally spaced inner marginal roof supporting portions, and upwardly ofli set longitudinally spaced roof supporting portions that extend inwardly from said upwardly offset outer marginal portion opposite the spaces between the longitudinally spaced inner marginal roof supporting portions, said metal plate having its inner marginal portion flanged downwardly between the upwardly oflset inner marginal roof supporting portions thereof to form flanges that bear against the inner face of said side plate.

9. An eaves construction for car roofs com prising a side plate,a metal roof located above said side plate, and a roof support compris ing a metal plate that rests on and is secured flatwise to the top of said side plate, said plate having a continuous upwardly offset outer side marginal flange that is secured to the underside of said roof, longitudinally spaced upwardly offset roof supporting portions that extend inwardly from said outer side marginal flange, longitudinally spaced upand base portion of said plate to said side plate,

the base portion of said plate being pressed upwardly to form a plurality of roof supporting portions, one of said roof supporting portions extending continuously along the outer edge'of the metal plate, other ofsaid roofsupporting portions extending inwardly from said continuously extending supportingv portioninthe spaces between said bolts, and 7 other of said roof supporting portions beinglocated along the inner margin of said plate opposite the spaces between said last-mentioned portions.

11'. An eaves construction for ear roofs comprising a wooden side plate, a metal relnforcing memberv extending longitudmally of said slde plate, vertical boltsfor securing said metal reinforcing member to said side plate, a metalir oofnlocated above said side plate, 'and'a roof support mounted on said sideplate,.said roof support comprising a metal plate having a base portion resting flat-.

wise on'the top of said side plate'and secured thereto byrsai-d vertical bolts,.the base portion of said plate being'press-edupwardly to form a p'lurality of roof supporting portions, one

of said roof supporting portions extending continuously along the outer edge of said metal plate, other of said roof supporting portions extending inwardly from said continuously extending supporting portion in the spaces between said bolts, and other of said roof supporting portions being located along the inner margin of said metal plate opposite the spaces between said last mentioned roof supporting portions, the inner margin of said metal plate being flanged downwardly between the roof supporting portions at the inner margin of said plate 7 to formflanges that bear against the inner no face of said side plate. I

12. A car roof supporting plate comprising a base portion adapted to rest upon the side plate of the car, an upwardly offset outer side marginal portion adapted to be secured flatwise to the underside of the roof and a downwardly flanged inner marginal portion adapted to engage the inner face ofthe side plate of the car.

13. A car roof supporting plate comprising a base portion adapted to rest upon the portion and are spaced apart longitudinally of said car roof supporting plate.

14:. A car roof supporting plate comprising a base portion adapted to rest upon the top of the side plate of the car, an upwardly ofi'set side marginal roof supporting portion,

' upwardly ofi'set roof supporting portions that/extend inwardly from said upwardly offset side marginal roof supporting portion and are spaced apart longitudinally of said roof supporting plate, the base portion of said roof supporting plate being provided intermediate between said longitudinally spaced roof supporting portions with openings adapted to receive members for securings'aid roof supporting plate to the top of said side plate. 1

15. A pressed metal car. roof supporting plate comprising a base portion adapted to rest upon the top of the side plate of the car, an upwardly offset outer side marginal roof supporting portion, and upwardly offset in-' ner side marginal roof supporting portions that are spaced apart longitudinally of said roof supporting plate.

16. A car roof supporting plate comprising abase portion adapted to rest upon the top of the side plate of the car, an upwardly offset side marginal roofsupporting portion, upwardly offset inner marginal roof supporting portions that are spaced apart longitudinally of said roof supporting plate and upwardly offset roof supporting portions that are spaced apart longitudinally of said roof supporting plate and extend inwardly from supporting portion at points opposite the spaces between said longitudinally spaced:

lnner marginal roof supporting portions.

17. A car roof supporting plate comprising a base portion adapted to rest upon the top of the side plate of the car, an upwardly offset outer side marginal roof supporting portion, upwardly oflset inner marginal roof supporting portions that are spaced apart longitudinally of said roof supporting plate, upwardly offset roof supporting portions that are spaced apart longitudinally of said roof supporting plate and extend inwardly from said upwardly offset outer side marginal roof supporting portions opposite the spaces between said longitudinally spaced inner marginal roof supporting portions, and depending flanges along the inner side marginal portion of said roof supporting plate between the upwardly offset inner side marginal roof supporting portions thereof.

18. A car roof supporting plate comprising a base portion adapted to rest upon the side plates of the car, a continuous upwardly offset side marginal roof supporting flange, upwardly offset roof supporting portions that extend inwardly from said side margin-- al flange and are spaced apart longitudinally of said roof supporting plate, a flange depending from the other side margin of said roof supporting plate, andbolt holes in said base portion between the roof supporting portions that extend inwardly from the continuously extending side marginal roof sup porting portion.

' Signed at New-Kensington, Pennsylvania, this 25th day of August, 1982.

CHARLES DAVID BoNsA L. 

